run program that has to be run by root

[gbonner0906]

I am writing a program in perl for the first time (other than HELLO WORLD which I'm not counting) and I need to know how to open up a new terminal window and run a program that has to be run as root.

What I've got so far is

"gnome-terminal --execute sudo asterisk -vvvvvvc"

but then it asks me for a password and I get stuck. If I enter

"gnome-terminal --execute sudo asterisk -vvvvvvc $password"

on my own, I can achieve the desired effect, but when I try it in perl, my program just freezes and quits responding. Ideas?

 

[gbonner0906]

Oh yeah, I'm using ubuntu 8.10. Forgot to mention that earlier

 

[gbonner0906]

well I think I figured it out.

by using sudo -S you can pipe in a command from stdin so:

echo $password | sudo asterisk -vvvvvvc is what I needed.

 

[mellowrise]

i am a beginner.
i have a problem running strawberry perl (for win32).
where can i find step by step instructions (such as for real naive people) to use it? - book, site, etc
my final destination is to be able to use a cgi module.
thanks

 

[KevinADC]

What the hello does your question have to do with this thread?

Maybe you should start on the strawberry perl website.

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- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!

 

[mellowrise]

simple
i thought that beginners at least would help a beginner
seems that gbonner0906 is a self-sufficient person and thought he may have an answer

 

[KevinADC]

Maybe you're not familiar with forums. When you have a new question you start a new thred and ask your question. Piggy-backing your question onto another thread is considered rude. Start a new thread.

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- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!

 

[KevinADC]

Also start by asking intelligent questions. Saying "I have a problem" is much too vague. Everyone that posts a question has a porblem of some kind or another, thats a given. What you want to do is give details about your specific problem..... in a new thread.

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- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!